impossible to drag objects using touchpad

[philipusizyx]

I created a new user, then log in as you mentioned but unfortunately still not possible drag windows around. (even with CTRL+click hold). Maybe something wrong with driver for touchpad? I tried both kernel versions: Liquorix and

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Linux te 6.1.0-37-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.140-1 (2025-05-22) x86_64 GNU/Linux

and my all current firmware - related deb-packages are:

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$ dpkg -l | grep firmware
ii  amd64-microcode                             3.20240820.1~deb12u1                   amd64        Platform firmware and microcode for AMD CPUs and SoCs
ii  atmel-firmware                              1.3-7                                  all          Firmware for Atmel at76c50x wireless networking chips.
ii  b43-fwcutter                                1:019-14~mx23+1                        amd64        utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
ii  bluez-firmware                              1.2-9                                  all          Firmware for Bluetooth devices
ii  firmware-amd-graphics                       20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for AMD/ATI graphics chips
ii  firmware-ath9k-htc                          1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1.3+deb12u1   all          firmware for AR7010 and AR9271 USB wireless adapters
ii  firmware-atheros                            20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for Qualcomm Atheros wireless cards
ii  firmware-b43-installer                      1:019-14~mx23+1                        all          firmware installer for the b43 driver
ii  firmware-b43legacy-installer                1:019-14~mx23+1                        all          firmware installer for the b43legacy driver
ii  firmware-bnx2                               20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for Broadcom NetXtremeII
ii  firmware-bnx2x                              20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for Broadcom NetXtreme II 10Gb
ii  firmware-brcm80211                          20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for Broadcom/Cypress 802.11 wireless cards
ii  firmware-intel-sound                        20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for Intel sound DSPs
ii  firmware-ipw2x00                            20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for Intel Pro Wireless 2100, 2200 and 2915
ii  firmware-iwlwifi                            20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for Intel Wireless cards
ii  firmware-libertas                           20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for Marvell wireless cards
ii  firmware-linux                              20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel (metapackage)
ii  firmware-linux-free                         20200122-1                             all          Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ii  firmware-linux-nonfree                      20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel (metapackage)
ii  firmware-misc-nonfree                       20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ii  firmware-myricom                            20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for Myri-10G Ethernet adapters
ii  firmware-netxen                             20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for QLogic Intelligent Ethernet (3000 and 3100 Series)
ii  firmware-qlogic                             20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for QLogic HBAs
ii  firmware-realtek                            20230210-5                             all          Binary firmware for Realtek wired/wifi/BT adapters
ii  firmware-sof-signed                         2.2.4-1                                all          Intel SOF firmware - signed
ii  firmware-zd1211                             1:1.5-10                               all          binary firmware for the zd1211rw wireless driver
ii  intel-microcode                             3.20250512.1~deb12u1                   amd64        Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs
ii  mx-debian-firmware                          23.03.01mx23                           all          metapackage that depends on Debian firmware shipped with MX Linux

[philipusizyx]

btw in drop-down menu in MX Settings=> mouse and touchpad both devices are:

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ELAN0504:01 04F3:3091 Touchpad
ELAN0504:01 04F3:3091 Mouse

[CharlesV]

Your firmware is quite old ( 2023 in many cases) and while your machine *should* be covered in all that, many times there are updates that help smooth out wrinkles in some machines.

I would suggest doing a timeshift on your machine (so you can restore if needed.) and then I would add the AHS repo to get later firmware. (It is not THE latest, but it is very close.) You can use MX Repo Manager, go to the Individual Sources tab, then down the list on the left until you get to mx.list. then on the right, check the last one in the mx List ( and in ahs )

Apply, then close. and then do a sudo apt update. You should see a bunch of things added to the list to update, and go ahead and update those things.

Two other things to try here:
1) Plug in a mouse and see if you get drag and drop using that, and
2) Create a liveUSB of mx23.6 (or the flavor your currently running ) and then boot with that see if you have rag and Drop there.

[BitterTruth]

I've noticed that there's some NEW experimental options in mouse and touchpad Now that get enabled by default. They've given me similar trouble to yours on old thinkpads until I spotted and unticked them. A couple of times they enabled themselves after I'd disabled them.